A Russian cleric from the Chelyabinsk
Region which was devastated by a meteor shower this morning is labeling
the event, which injured over a thousand people, a message to humanity
from God.

“From the Scriptures, we know
that the Lord often sends people signs and warnings via natural forces,”
Metropolitan of Chelyabinsk and Zlatoust Feofan said in a statement
released on Friday," reports
RIA Novosti.

The clergyman said that the meteor shower
was "the Lord’s message to humanity," and served as,
"a reminder that we live in a fragile and unpredictable world."

Given the fact that the supposed Mayan
apocalypse was reported in Russia as if it had a serious likelihood
of coming to fruition, it's unsurprising that numerous lurid theories
have emerged in the aftermath of the meteor shower.

According to a poll taken by the Ridus
news agency, "51 percent of respondents believe the meteor is the
start of an alien invasion," the Washington
Post reported.

As
we reported earlier, other strange theories have emerged, including
the claim by Russian politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky that the event
was not a meteor shower but a secret US weapons test.

Obscure reports which were later denied
also suggested that the meteorite was blown out of the sky by Russia’s
air defenses at an altitude of 20 kilometers.

It's incredibly lucky that the meteor
shower hit a relatively unpopulated area given the fact that it caused
over a thousand injuries, mostly from broken glass and concussions caused
by the shockwave. Three people are also in intensive care as a result
of the explosion, which carried the power of a nuclear blast.

The meteor is the largest object to
hit the earth since the 1908 Tunguska incident, which was blamed on
a meteor despite the fact that no fragments were ever found.

While most space enthusiasts are busy
watching the fly-by of the "city killer" DA14 asteroid, which
some experts have suggested could
be linked to the meteor shower, reports
emerged earlier concerning the, "very strong likelihood of
another meteorite entering the earth’s atmosphere in the next
few hours," although this claim appears to have been erroneous.

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